ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORTATTAKKALARI CENTRE FOR MOVEMENT ARTS

A project of Attakkalari Public Charitable Trust of Contemporary
Performing Arts

Reporting Period: 1st April 2012 – 31st March 2013

1|PageA. CONTEXT OF THE ORGANIZATIONIn the year gone by the global economy has been marked by a continuing slowdown.
India has been no exception and the economy has experienced persistent inflation andlow growth. In a country that is hugely dependent on the monsoons, rainfall has been
deficient. Growing pressure on limited land combined with severe drought in several
states, has exacerbated the plight of the farmers and made food security a grave
concern. While on the one hand India aspires to become an economic powerhouse thecountry has been challenged by a lack of political will, poor infrastructure, a growing
disease burden, environmental degradation and economic deprivation that havewidened the yawning socio-economic divide. It is indeed ironical that in a country
where the vast majority lacks the basic necessities - housing, clean water, sanitation,access to education and medical facilities – corruption has become the order of the day
and India is seen as a growing market for international luxury consumer brands!! Moreand more land from agriculture is going to urban malls and sprawls, soaring real estate
prices have resulted in unplanned construction activity, poor infrastructure and chaotic
traffic. In this increasingly skewed distribution of resources and wealth, arts andculture, the backbone of a nation’s civilization, have been seriously, adversely
impacted.
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts is a case in point. Despite the organization’s
proven track record since its inception, our commitment to creating an economy for thearts by providing training and employment to young dancers, seminal research projects
to preserve our heritage movement traditions and provide access throughcontemporary formats, providing mentorship, residencies and platforms for young
choreographers, the Attakkalari India Biennial - the most important festival ofcontemporary dance and related subjects in South Asia and our numerous education
outreach activities – Attakkalari continues to struggle for institutional support and aspace of its own, operating currently out of rented premises.
India has a large population of young people and unlike countries like Brazil or China
many of them are conversant in English which is a huge advantage in the international
context. India also has a nation of over a billion people with a high rate of mobile
connectivity and global leadership in information and communication technology (ICT).
Going forward it is imperative for the country to plan for an equitable and inclusivemodel for growth with sufficient priority given to preserving and promoting our heritage
in Arts and Culture. It is vital to encourage public and private investment for
infrastructure in the arts. Contemporary artistic expressions allow people to reconnect
with their heritage and go a long way in establishing an inclusive and truly civil society
and providing spaces where this can flourish is important. Art and Culture also go along way in promoting tourism. The Attakkalari India Biennial for instance has

2|Pageestablished Bangalore on the international performing arts circuit. More than 200
artistes and international theatre and festival directors, cultural heads and others
attended the 2013 edition of the Biennial. Going forward institutional and infrastructural
support will go a long way in ensuring the sustainability and growth of organizations
like Attakkalari.
B. INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONThe year gone by required a strong and growing team to manage the Attakkalari India
Biennial. Besides Trupti Prasad and Shiva Pathak who form the core team and lead thefestival, Ashiqa Salvan, Joshua Muyiwa, Lekha Naidu, Vinod Nair and Pia Bunglowala
joined the Festival directorate at different stages in the months preceding the Attakkalari
India Biennial 2013. In addition closer to date several volunteers interested in the arts
also joined and helped in the smooth running of this event.
The Attakkalari Repertory Company currently consists of fifteen dancers – several new
dancers joined the company for further training after graduating from the Diploma andinitially there were 23 dancers including a batch in training. Raabiya Jayaram joined
Attakkalari in May 2012 as Manager – Production & Projects Suprita Moorthy ProgrammeManager for the repertory quit Attakkalari in early January 2013. Raabiya currently
manages the repertory.
TransMedia Technologies, Attakkalari’s technical division is today the lead organizationin Bangalore for providing light and sound solutions and services to performances in thecity and elsewhere also. Vijay Saravanan C R joined in January 2013 as Production
Coordinator, his prior experience in Theatre will be extremely valuable for TransMedia.
Govinda joined as Technical Assistant in December 2012. The technical team’s expertiseand competent handling was hugely appreciated at the Attakkalari India Biennial 2013by all the visiting international artists who appreciated the smooth performanceexperience facilitated by the technical team at Attakkalari.
Last year Attakkalari started using Comm100 Network Corporation’s Open Source andFree Hosted Software to develop and run a contact management System. This system
has proved useful in managing and updating the database and mailing lists. Attakkalariis also constantly trying to extend its online presence; besides the Attakkalari website
both the Attakkalari India Biennial and TransMedia Technologies have their own
websites.
C. RESULTS
1. EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMMEIn the initial years Attakkalari received some support for the Education Outreachprogramme from India Foundation for the Arts. Now 10 years since inception despite
the absence of external funding Attakkalari has remained committed to its outreachprogrammes. Trained dance facilitators from the Attakkalari repertory conduct classes
in schools and colleges, do corporate workshops, event specific choreographies and3|Pagehold ongoing community classes at the Attakkalari studios. Short-term projects are
preferred to year-long schedules in schools due to the other commitments of therepertory in terms of performances, travel, choreographies and residencies.
The Outreach programme has increased the number of Community classes since thisreaches out to a wider audience and also enables the dance facilitators to earn
additional income.
i)

SCHOOLS

Attakkalari worked with the following schools on a year-long program.
1. Trotters Stop – Frazer Town
We have worked with this school for the past three years. The children attending
this school are from the age group of 5 to 8 years and have a great deal ofenthusiasm and energy when it comes to Movement Arts. They are very creative
and thoroughly enjoy the classes conducted by Attakkalari. At the end of the year
the children present a theme-based dance performance choreographed by
Attakkalari.
2. Gurukul – JP Nagar
This is a matriculation school that is managed by a trust. This is the fifth year that
we taught in this school. We taught 40 students from the 10 th standard. This is aconservative school with many Muslim girls and boys, so the main task is to getthem to move in class and mingle with each-other. However, we were able toestablish a friendly environment and the students performed together on theschool’s annual day.

ii) WORKSHOPS

1. Tata Consulting Engineering Ltd – Choreography done with the employees of thecompany for their annual day presentation.
2. Rashmi, a dance aspirant was keen to participate in the DID competition. She
did not have any prior dance training. However, with minimum training, she wasable to clear the second level of the auditions.
3. Five employees of Make My Trip were assigned to put up a dance performanceat their Agra branch. One of our senior repertory dancers’ choreographed a 10
minutes piece with the group of five girls.

4. An annual children’s Dance competition is a regular feature in the Jacobite
Syrian church association. This theme based choreography with 20 children of theage group 10 to 13 years, was done by a junior dancer of the repertory andmentored by a senior dancer. The 15 hour workshop, ended with a performance at

4|PageSt. John’s auditorium. Both the facilitators and the children did a wonderful job andthe performance was well attended and appreciated.

5. Floh (Find Life Over Here) an organization for young people to pursue variedinteresting activities asked Attakkalari to organize a workshop for 25 of theirmembers. James MacGillivray the Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre who
was in Bangalore as part of the Attakkalari India Biennial performance,
conducted the two hour workshop.
6. Time Frames:
As part of the Attakkalari India Biennial 2013 facilitators from the repertory
worked through an education outreach initiative called Time Frames designed
and coordinated by Margie Medlin from Critical Path Australia. Over a period of
six weeks from November 2012, Attakkalari’s dance facilitators worked with 100
school children from five different schools to produce a performance installation.
A large audience saw the final presentation on January during the Biennial.

iii) COMMUNITY CLASSES

At the Attakkalari studios, trained dance facilitators from the Attakkalari repertory
conduct daily Community Classes. These are the weekday and weekend classes inContemporary Dance and Kalarippayattu for adults and children. The classes are very
popular and participants can register on any day of the month by filling in a registration
form and paying the monthly fee upfront. We do not collect any registration / admission
fee. Attakkalari also organizes regular performance platforms at our studio forcommunity class students. 50% of the income that accrues from these classes goes tothe facilitators fulfilling Attakkalari’s underlying mission to make the movement arts afinancially viable career option.
iv) SUMMER WORKSHOPThis is annual feature of the EOP is held every year in April for two weeks during thesummer break of the diploma programme. The two week long summer workshops areopen to both boys and girls. We had three batches, the Juniors in the age group of 5-8
students, Seniors: 9-12, and Teenagers. The Teenage batch had 22 students. Juniors
and Seniors together had about 50 students. The theme based workshops werementored by visiting dance artist Kayleigh Anne from the UK and concluded with asuccessful performance before a packed house. Children in costumes performed to an
enthusiastic audience of families, friends and well-wishers at the Alliance Française de
Bangalore.
2. DIPLOMA IN MOVEMENT ARTS & MIXED MEDIA
Attakkalari's ‘Diploma in Movement Arts and Mixed Media’ offers a full-time professional
training programme in contemporary dance and allied disciplines. The course also

5|Pageintroduces students to the movement principles of Indian physical and performance
traditions through ongoing classes in traditional forms such as Bharatanatyam,
Kalarippayattu and Yoga. Students additionally have classes in Classical Ballet, Pilates,
Contact Improvisation, Injury Prevention, Dance Theory and Choreography.
2012 had an intake of 27 students, and 19 graduated by the end of the course,
followed by the Graduation Ceremony held on 24th August 2012. We had two students
from Norway on an exchange programme and they left after the first term.
Classes were conducted by:
1. Deepak Kurkiswamy- warm up and technique
2. Kama Jezierska – Voice and movement, contemporary technique
3. Clare Coleman - Ballet and Pilates
4. Nakula Somana - Composition and Contemporary technique
5. Minal Prabhu - Bharatnatyam
6. Erica Kaufman- Yoga and Contact Improvisation
7. Kayleigh Anne- Creative Practice and Technique
8. Ajeesh KB – Kalarippayattu
9. Aranyani Bhargav - Indian Dance History
Since the faculty members Clare Coleman and Kayleigh Anne were travelling before thegraduation, students made their presentations in advance at the Attakkalari Mainstudio. Students also do presentations in the course of the year when a module taught
by a visiting faculty comes to an end.
The graduation ceremony was held on 24th of August 2012 at J. S. S. Auditorium,
students performed four different types of dance drawing from whate they had learnt
during their one year tenure. The performances are choreographed by the faculty alongwith the students and the graduation performance presentation brings in a large andappreciative audience consisting of family, friends and well wishers. This year the Chief
Guest was well known theatre and Bollywood Actor Naseeruddin Shah whose daughter
was one of the graduating students. Certificates were distributed to all students andincluded four Distinctions, eight Honours from the 20 students. “Student of the year”
certificate was awarded to Shruthi Kulkarni for her attendance, dedication and hardwork.
We started with our auditions for the 2012 - 2013 intake from April 2012; we did one
audition in Pune and six auditions in Bangalore. Selection was based on a two hourcontemporary technique session with senior dancers from the Repertory. Prospective
students are assessed on the basis of attributes such as strength and stamina,
flexibility, musicality, movement memory and so forth.
We started the 2012 batch on 10th September with 20 students. Their daily session
starts at 8am with a warm-up class followed by different forms of dance techniques
gradually concluding at 5.30pm. Contemporary dance technique is taught by teachers
from India as well as from abroad. So far their classes have been taught by:

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Contemporary technique was taught by Kama Jezierska from Poland,
Yoga and contact improvisation by Erica Kaufman from the US,
Ballet by Atalya Baumer from Israel,
Understanding dance/ Dance history by Aranyani Bhargav,
Bharatnatyam by Minal Prabhu,
Kalaripayattu by Dil Sagar,
Warm-up and technique by Deepak Kurkiswamy,
Composition and technique by Nakula Somana
Contemporary technique by Harald Prestchner from Germany,

The second term will come to an end on 26 th April and they re-join on the 13th of May.
And we look forward to the graduation ceremony to be held on 17 th August 2013.
3. REPERTORY
The repertory activities have been summarized below according to the following
categories:
1. New Production:
Aadhar Chakra –a DanceLogue - A journey across intangible spaces‘AadhaaraChakra a Dancelogue’ - Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts’ most recent
production was created in collaboration with the Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan
within the framework of “Germany and India 2011 – 2012. Coinciding with the focus of‘Stadt-Räume-City Spaces’ for the Indo German Festival 2011- 2012; the performance
drew its inspiration from the idea of travelogues. Conceived and directed by
Attakkalari’s Artistic Director Jayachandran Palazhy this 60 minute multi-media
production was the result of an international collaboration with artists from Germany,
France, Canada and India. This production was developed as a ‘hybrid performance
event’ weaving in multiple disciplines - movement, film, light, sound and multimedia
design within a live contemporary dance performance. In a complex and often
fragmented narrative, the dancers embody characters from diverse Indian locales andperiods. Memories and experiences fuel the choreography, transforming spaces
ranging from crowded village markets to urban streets. Celluloid images accompany
the sometimes-surreal visual journey. Directed on location, for a period of one monthin March 2012, the production crew along with the dancers travelled to Tamil Nadu andDelhi. Samples of silks were chosen from Himatsingka Seide and experimented in thestudio to arrive at the right kind of projection surface in order to create a multidimensional visual field for the production. ‘AadhaaraChakra a Dancelogue’
previewed in Bangalore at the Ravindra Kalakshetra on 24th November 2012 and thenpremiered in New Delhi on 1st December 2012 at the historical Purana Quila
Monument. In Bangalore a highly appreciative and enthusiastic audience of around 800
people saw the performance. In Delhi around 350 – 400 people attended theperformance.

7|Page‘AadhaaraChakra a Dancelogue’ was a collaborative effort of Artistic Director
Jayachandran Palazhy and numerous international artists in the field of Music, Film,
Digital Art and Sets. The key collaborators of this project were:
SAM AUINGER from Germany is a composer, performer and sound artist and therecipient of numerous prizes and awards.
MARTIN LUTZ also from Germany is a composer, musician and sound artist.
DOMINIC DUBE a French- Canadian architect has worked in countries all over theworld and in 2003 he set up the DDIR Architecture Studio in Bangalore where he iscurrently based.
PIPON who has lived and worked in France and Germany is a lighting designer andhas worked in film and theatre with artists such Pina Bausch, Ariane Mnouchkine,
Patrice Chéreau, George Tabori and Robert Wilson.
KEN FURUDATE from Japan is an artist and programmer working with sound, visualand mechatronics.
Performances:
Sr.
Date
No
1

November 24th 20122

December 1, 2012

Auditorium
Ravindra Kalakshetra
Purana Quila (old Fort)

Place
Bangalore, Karnataka
New Delhi

Press Coverage for the Performance in Delhi and Bangalore:
Delhi:
Times City Delhi - http://timescity.com/delhi/events/aadhaarachakra-adancelogue/61513
http://www.indianexpress.com/talk/news/the-city-dances/1033901
Bangalore:
http://frrole.com/o/aadhaarachakra-a-dancelogue---dancers-em-bookmyshowbangalore
https://thiraseela.com/main/viewEvents.php?id=697
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/across-the-arts/article4119745.ece
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/292381/F
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-city-dances/1033838/
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/showcase-unsung-songs-of-thepast/article4097654.ece
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/292381/glimpses-urban-journey.html
http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/on_stage/article1331897.ece
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/290684/many-disciplines-move.html
http://www.narthaki.com/info/prv12/prv713.html
http://bangalore.burrp.com/events/ravindra-kalakshetra_aadhaarachakra-adancelogue-_jc-road_bangalore/19417756415
http://burrp.in.com/bangalore/events/ravindra-kalakshetra_aadhaarachakra-adancelogue_jc-road_bangalore/19417756415.html

8|Pagehttp://www.indianstage.in/EventDetails.do;jsessionid=49F2CBA5EFC490932E96AF4F10
1E04DC?eventId=3684
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/LOhoElrG9IkLvfx5CJAxEM/Dancingcities.html?facet=print
http://www.asklaila.com/event/Bangalore/AadhaaraChakra-A-Dancelogue-byJayachandran-Palazhy/336238/
http://frrole.com/o/aadhaarachakra-a-dancelogue---dancers-em-bookmyshow-mumbai
http://thiraseela.com/main/viewEvents.php?id=697
http://htsyndication.com/htsportal/publication?pub=%22MINT%22
http://news.silobreaker.com/many-disciplines-on-the-move-5_2266101413757059136
Attakkalari’s previous production MeiDhwani – Echoes of the Body was also
performed during the year:
Performances in 2012-2013
Sr. NoDate
January 13th
2012

1

Auditorium
National School of Drama
Bharat Rang Mahotsav,
New Delhi

2October 31st
2012

Indraprastha Millenium
Park,New Delhi

3

December 5th2012
January 5th
2013

NCPA Mumbai

4

Regional Theatre , Trissur

Place
National School ofDrama Bharat Rang
Mahotsav,
New
Delhi
Indraprastha
Millenium Park,New
Delhi
NCPA Mumbai
Regional Theatre ,Trissur

2. Young Choreographers’ Platform (YCP)
Conceived as an initiative to encourage, mentor, produce, disseminate and criticallyanalyze works by emerging dance artists in the South Asian region, the Platform
empowers emerging dance artists in the early stages of their careers by enhancing
their skills in various aspects of dance making, by providing a safe and supportive
environment to explore and experiment, by giving feedback and mentorship to develop
their choreographic tools and by enhancing their production capabilities.
1. Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Award Chennai - Prakriti Foundation
launched for the first time (PECDA) and two of our dancers Diya Naidu, andRonita Mookerji were selected to present their own choreographies in Chennai in
August 2012. The works created were “Bardo Being”- By Diya Naidu and “I see
dreams in dreams in grey”- by Ronita Mookerji.
2. Nadir – By Diya Naidu was performed at the India Design Forum in Mumbai, at
the NCPA.
3. Diya Naidu performed excerpts from her piece ‘Bardo Beings' in Kolkata at the
Princeton club and the Ahuja Museum.

9|Page4. Santosh VS senior dancer of the Attakkalari repertory was selected as one of 16
young choreographers for the FACETS Choreography residency. His piece “Theothers” was presented at the Alliance Française de Bangalore as part of
Attakkalari India Biennial 2013.
5. Attakkalari senior dancers Diya Naidu, Hema Bharathy Palani and Ronita
Mookerji presented excerpts from their works at the Platform 13 at the
Attakkalari India Biennial 2013.

Sr.
No
1

2

Date

Piece

Auditorium/PlaceMarch 24th, 2012

" We need the Heaters on"
by Ronita Mookerji

NPO Dance Box Kobe, Kobe
- Asia Contemporary Dance
Festival

May 5th, 2012

Swatma YCPAlliance d Bangalore

August 25th, 2012

“Bardo Beings”- by Diya
Naidu
“I see dreams in dreams ingrey”- by Ronita Mookerji.

PECDA Awards ,Museum
Theater , Chennai

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3. International Performances & Collaborations
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U.K. – Hemabharathy Palani, rehearsal director and emerging
choreographer at Attakkalari participated for the second consecutive
year in the Sadler’s Wells Summer University programme inAugust 2012. Sadler's Wells is the UK's leading dance house. The
programme is projected to run for four years (2011 – 2014) eachsummer with the same group of artists and will focus on the art andcraft of choreography.
Attakkalari and Yggdrasil Dance Ensemble; Denmark -Three Senior
Dancers Hemabharathy Palani, Denny Paul and Keya Ann D’Souza
went for two months to work with Denmark dancers and Indian andDanish Musicians for "INDIA TODAY, COPENHAGEN TOMORROW"
festival. They performed in Copenhagen on 6, 7 Sept 2012.
The Goethe Institute/Max Mueller Bhavan, Samir Akika andAttakkalari presented Masala FX choreographed by Samir Akika
performed by several dancers from Attakkalari along with some local
dancers, on 22nd June, 23rd June, and 30th June in Bangalore at
Palace Grounds and 1st July and on 31 August in Chennai as part of
the Urban Mela.
James MacGilivray, Artistic Director, Scottish Dance Theatre facilitatedan exciting short module of Contemporary Dance Technique andCreative workshop over two weekends.

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The repertory company had a master class with renowned dancer
Akram Khan from the UK, at the Park hotel Bangalore. Akram Khanalso used our studios for his rehearsal.

4. National Tours

The repertory company performed a special site specific piece on 2nd August2012 for Pollinator I, The Bee Festival; organized by The Asian Heritage
Foundation and The Hyatt Regency Chennai.
The repertory company presented MeiDhwani – Echoes of the Body at Regional
Theatre, Trichur as a part of Sanchaari Mobile Theatre- On 5th February 2013.
This was in partnership with the British council who presented White Caps- byChamploo Company.
The repertory company was invited by the Department of Tourism ODISHA for
the Dhauli Kalinga Mahotsav, Bhubhaneshwar. Attakkalari presented a speciallychoreographed piece “Kaleidoscope”.

5. Continuing Professional Development (Capacity building)
As an ongoing process the members of the repertory go through a performanceappraisal every six months. This process is based on a number of performanceindicators and guidelines. The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmeaims to integrate movement, medium and material, and provide tools for continuing
growth and education to the repertory dancers. Within this program we have a numberof International faculty members that work with the repertory and they also give theirevaluation of the members. We also give our member a self evaluation form whichhelps the organization in getting feed back as well as fill in areas of weakness.

6. Corporate Shows/other performances
Last but not the least the Attakkalari Repertory had a smattering of corporate shows
and other performances in 2012- 2013.

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Date

1.

April 27,20122.

May 11th 20123.

May 15th 20124.

May 31st ,2012

5.

June 1st 20126.

June 19, 20127.

July 26, 20128.

August 2nd , 20129.

August 28th , 2012

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August 29th , 2012

Event

Venue

Sahitya Nrityakala
AcademyCorporate show
George P Johnson
Event company / IBM
Royal NorwegianEmbassy, Delhi;

Chowdiah memorialHall

For RachaelAzzopardi, Director
Programming,
Sydney Theatre
Company,Brenna
Hobson, General
Manager, Belvoir,Hema Rance,
Australian HighCommission New
Delhi
Masala FXChoregraphed by
Samir Akika
Corporate show
Calypso Events;
Performance for
Ascent Capital
Corporate Film
Shoot/for Samsung
DesignSpecific Performancefor the Pollinator I;
The Bee Festival,
Asian Heritage
Foundation
Emma Gladstone
Sadler's Wells
Producer and Sanjoy
Roy Uk Based Dance
WriterMasala FXChoregraphed by
Samir Akika

Chancery Pavilion
Royal NorwegianEmbassy, Delhi

Attakkalari studio

Urban Mela, Palace
Grounds Bangalore,
Taj West End

Attakkalari Studio
The Hyatt Regency,
Chennai

Studio presentationfor
Attakkalari Studio
Urban Mela, YMCA
Grounds Chennai,

6th and 7th
September 2012:"INDIA TODAY,COPENHAGENTOMORROW" festival.

Dancers Denny Paul,
Keya Ann Dsouza,
Hema Bharathy
Palani

September 15, 2012For SBI, India; Event
partners - Showbiz
Experimental
Communications &Times Red Cell

SBI Campus St Marks
Road

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January 9th 201314.

26th January 201315.

24th February 2013

IFAWPCA KOCHI2013 convention
centerPresentation forInternational
Delegations at AIB
Arroche Consulting
Pvt Ltd -Bangalorewalk-CIA- Convention centre
CochinAttakkalari studio
Attakkalari Studio/ show
for top executives fromthe US.

4. ATTAKKALARI INDIA BIENNIAL
The most important and largest festival of dance and digital arts in South Asia, theAttakkalari India Biennial is envisioned as a vehicle to celebrate the combined visionsof artists in dance, sound, digital arts and design from all over India and abroad. Heldevery two years, the recently concluded festival built around the theme Frames ofDance was held from January 25th – February 3rd 2013 and brought together artistesfrom more than 20 countries in a series of performances and related events including
seminars, site-specific works, writing on dance, dance on camera. Platform 13 –showcased works of young choreographers from the South Asian region.

5.

FACETS – Interdisciplinary Choreography Laboratory

Facets 2002, Facets 2004 and Facets 2006 consisted of three-week residentiallaboratories where dancers and choreographers worked with different movement
techniques, utilizing existing and emerging technologies as creative tools for artistic
expression. The labs laid emphasis on the process and provided a conducive, supportive
environment for experimentations in interdisciplinary strategies for creating
performance works.
The recently completed, highly successful, Facets 2012 however adopted a different
format and received 180 applications from across the world. From these 16 young
choreographers were chosen by an expert panel. The choreographers for 2012 werefrom the following countries: Burkina Faso, Japan, India, Singapore, Israel, USA,
Australia, Norway, Germany, Mexico, Indonesia, and South Korea. The mentors werepractitioners from the spheres of choreography, theatre, music, media, and light
design. All the participants were provided with mentorship, studio space,accommodation, living costs, technical support and presentation costs. The works
produced over the six weeks of the residency were then given a performance platform
at the Attakkalari India Biennial 2013.
6. TRANSMEDIA TECHNOLOGIESTransMedia Technologies (TMT) is an autonomous unit of Attakkalari Centre forMovement Arts that, true to its name, straddles multiple forms of stage technologies in
the live performance space with ease and panache. The objective behind setting up thisself-contained entity was to create innovation and provide services in performing arts
related stage technologies. Apart from helping with Attakkalari’s technically demanding

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productions, TransMedia Technologies has made a name for itself as a one stop solution
providing efficient, cost effective and quality services for touring national andinternational performance (dance and theatre) groups and multi-venue events like
Festivals. TMT also works with young dance artists under the Young Choreographers’
Platform to ably support their productions with expert advice and design inputs. TMT
provides a range of customized services in stagecraft both design and execution in
categories such as light, sound, video, digital arts, and sets for productions andperformances.
The well trained and professional TMT team received wide appreciation for theirhandling of the Attakkalari India Biennial 2013. International companies wereparticularly impressed by the division’s ability to find innovative solutions to tricky
technical requirements. With events running back to back over 10 days and many
venues, TMT’s efficiency contributed in large measure to the success of the Biennial. In
fact their smooth handling of large multi-city events has made them the technicalpartner of choice with the Hindu Metroplus Theatre Festival across four cities where
they handle the most demanding of technical requirements from different national andinternational theatre groups.
Over the last year the team has started handling most of the major cultural festivals in
Bangalore and elsewhere including the ‘The Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Festival’, ‘The
Deccan Herald Theatre Festival’ and ‘The Bangalore Mirror Amateur Theatre Festival’.
The team’s professionalism has been widely commended. At Attakkalari, TMT supports
the Repertory Company's productions, the Media Lab and the Attakkalari India Biennial
providing overall stage and technical coordination.
As a matter of fact, TMT is the exclusive vendor of choice for such pre-eminent culturalorganizations such as the British Council, Alliance Française, Goethe Institut / Max
Mueller Bhavan, Prakriti Foundation, Evam entertainment and Teamwork Films in
Bangalore. TMT has also become a de facto resource centre of sorts with designers in
the live arts with its constant efforts to bring down and share the experience, expertiseand know-how of expert designers from around the world through the medium of shortterm workshops focusing on different aspects of stagecraft, especially in the lighting
design and multimedia and interactive design domains. Last year for instance TMT
hosted Thomas Dotzler from Sweden and Horst Mühlberger from Germany. The very
first quarter of this year will see them hosting Jonathan O’Hear from Switzerland.
Over this year, Transmedia Technologies hopes to start leveraging its ability to shareand distribute technical knowledge and standards into truly becoming a comprehensive
resource centre to learn more about the different stage technologies with a particularemphasis on enabling a cadre of designers and technicians who imbibe and emulate thebenchmarks set by the TMT team.
The list of events TMT participated/ supported events in is given in Table below:

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Sl.NoDate

Event Supported/ participated

Venue

1

01.04.2012

M/s Rays n' ways

Chowdiah Memorial Hall2

02.04.2012

M/s J Davis Pro Sound & Lighting

Ooty

3

04.04.2012

Mr.Nagaraj - KSRTC

Chowdiah Memorial Hall

405.04.2012

M/s Evam

Kyra Theatre5

12.04.2012

M/s Reynolds

Bangalore

612.04.2012

M/s Goblin Productions

Alliance Française

7

20.04.2012

Mr.Sudhir Selvaraj

Alliance Française

8

27.04.2012

M/s Attakkalari

Chowdiah Memorial Hall9

5/5/2012

Mr. Naveen

Taj Vivanta

1005.05.2012

M/s Alliance Française

Alliance Française

11

11.05.2012

M/s AttakkalariHotel Chancery

12

11.05.2012

M/s MSRIT Theatre

Alliance Française

13

13.05.2012

M/s Red Pill

Alliance Française

14

18.05.2012

M/s Evam Chennai

Alliance Française

15

19.05.2012

Mr. Naveen

Hotel Sheraton

16

23.05.2012

Canadian School

Hotel Taj West End

17

25.05.2012

Mr. Pritham

KH Kala Soudha

18

03.06.2012

Mr. Naveen

Alliance Française

19

08.06.2012

M/s Alliance Française

Alliance Française

20

09.06.2012

M/s AGP Mumbai

Hotel Leela Palace

21

15.06.2012

Mr. Bharavi/ Cinematograph

GrassHopper

22

20.06.2012

Mr. Nagaraj - KSRTC

Chowdiah Memorial Hall

23

21.06.2013

Mr. Nagaraj - Tech

Chowdiah Memorial Hall

24

21.06.2012

M/s Goethe Institute /MMB

Palace Ground25

23.06.2012

M/s Systematic inc

Chinnaswami Stadium26

23.06.2012

Hotel Royal Orchid

27

28.06.2012

Bangalore Little Theatre
M/s Oracle Financial Services Software
LimitedCMRIT - Auditorum

28

05.07.2012

M/s J Davis Pro Sound

Hotel Taj Vivanta30

12.07.2012

Mr. Naveen / J vision teamMico Bosch31

13.07.2012

M/s Centre Stage

Hotel Leela Palace

32

14.07.2012

M/s Kapoor Audio Visuals

Hotel Lalit Ashoka

33

16.07.2012

M/s J Davis Pro Sound

Hotel ITC Gardenia

34

19.07.2012

M/s AttakkalariHotel Taj West End

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35

25.07.2012

M/s MMB Hyderabad

Indira Priyadarshini hall

36

27.07.2012

M/s MMB Trivandrum

Co-Bank Towers Hall37

27.07.2012

M/s ABHA Animation & e -solution

Acma Studio38

27.07.2012

M/s ABHA Animation & e -solution

Acma Studio39

20.07.2012

M/s Bangalore Little Theatre

Alliance Française

40

21.07.2012

Mr. Jagadish

Ranga Shankara

41

01.08.2012

Kasthuri & sons Limited

Kerala Fine arts Hall42

09.08.2012

Ms. Brinda Jacob

Bangalore

43

14.08.2012

Sri Mutha Venkata Subba Rao Hall

Chennai

44

15.08.2012

Kasthuri & sons Limited

Coimbatore

45

21.08.2012

Kasthuri & sons Limited

Chowdiah Memorial Hall46

21.08.2012

Kasthuri & sons Limited

47

29.08.2012

Kasthuri & sons Limited

Chowdiah Memorial Hall
Ravindra
Bharathi,Hyderabad

48

02.09.2012

Ms. Malavika Sarukkai

Chowdiah Memorial Hall49

03.09.2012

Mr. Harish

Chowdiah Memorial Hall50

03.09.2012

M/s Prakriti Foundation

51

06.09.2012

M/s Prakriti Foundation

Chowdiah Memorial Hall
Shilpakalavedia Hyderabad

52

15.09.2012

M/s Attakkalari Rept.

SBI Campus,Bangalore

53

29.09.2012

M/s Vision Hire

Hotel Novatel

54

29.09.2012

M/s Kapoor audio Visuals

Hotel Ashoka

55

05.10.2012

M/s Centre stage

Opus

56

10.10.2012

M/s Asia Meets Asia /Archana

Rafiki Studio57

12.10.2012

Mr.Srinivasa Kumar

Hotel ITC Windsor Manor

58

13.10.2012

Ms. Lakshmi

Alliance Française

59

19.10.2012

Mr.Jagadish

Chowdiah Memorial Hall60

20.10.2012

M/s Indian Stage

Chowdiah Memorial Hall

61

21.10.2012

M/s Alliance Française

Alliance Française

62

24.10.2012

M/s I ads & Events

Chowdiah Memorial Hall63

24.10.2012

Mr. Jagadish

Coimbatore

6424.10.2012

M/s Attakkalari Rept.

Kochi

65

21.10.2012

Centre Stage

Koramangala

66

05.11.2012

Mr.Harish, Bangalore

Chowdiah Memorial Hall6708.11.2012

M/s Nrityarutya

Ravindra Kalakshetra

68

09.11.2012

M/s Scottish Dance Theatre

Chennai, Delhi & Kolkata

69

16.11.2012

M/s Gallery -g

Bangalore

70

22.11.2012

Attakkalari Rept.

Ravindra Kalakshetra

71

22.11.2012

Margie Medlin - Festival

Bangalore

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26.11.2012

M/s Stark Event Exp Pvt. Ltd

Ranga Shankara

73

27.11.2012

Attakkalari Rept.

Delhi

74

28.11.2012

M/s J vision Team

Taj Bangalore

75

30.11.2012

M/s Show house event

Chowdiah Memorial Hall76

30.11.2012

M/s Centre Stage

Opus

77

01.12.2012

M/s Indian Stage

MLR Whitefield78

05.12.2012

M/s Evam, Chennai

Ranga Shankara

79

08.12.2012

M/s Bhoomija,Bangalore

Chowdiah Memorial Hall8008.12.2012

M/s Evam, Chennai

Ranga Shankara

81

13.12.2012

M/s Star Dimensions

Bangalore

82

14.12.2012

M/s Raman Research Institute

RRI Campus

83

14.12.2012

M/s Evam, Chennai

Alliance Française

84

15.12.2012

M/s NCBS

NCBS Campus

8529.12.2012

Mr. Harish

Sai Sadan

86

02.01.2013

M/s Shishu Mandir

Garden City College

8702.01.2013

M/s J Davis Pro Sound

Mangalore

88
89

05.01.2013
08.01.2013

Mr. Deeban
M/s Attakkalari Rept.

Alliance Française
CIAL, Kochi

90

10.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Jayamahal Palace

91

21.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013 /Facets

Alliance Française

92

24.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Jayamahal Palace

93

26.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Chowdiah Memorial Hall94

27.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Ranga Shankara

95

28.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Alliance Française

96

29.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Chowdiah Memorial Hall97

29.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Ranga Shankara

98

29.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Guru Nanak Bhavan

99

30.01.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Ranga Shankara

100

01.02.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

ADA Ranga Mandira101

01.02.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

ADA Ranga Mandira

102

01.02.2013

M/s Attakkalari India Biennial 2013

Ranga Shankara

103

03.02.2013

M/s AIB & Rept

Regional Theater,Trichur

104

21.02.2013

M/s J Davis Pro Sound

Hotel Taj Vivanta105

22.02.2013

M/s Evam

Chowdiah Memorial Hall106

22.02.2013

M/s The Lewis Foundation

NGMA, Bangalore

107

23.02.2013

M/s Indian Stage

MLR Whitefield

108

01.03.2013

M/s J Davis Pro Sound

Manipal County

109

02.03.2013

M/s Kapoor audio Visuals

Hotel Ashoka

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11008.03.2013

M/s Sai Sri Arts, Chennai

Chowdiah Memorial Hall

111

08.03.2013

Mr.Srinivasa kumar

MLR Whitefield

112

09.03.2013

M/s Evam, Chennai

Alliance Française

113

13.03.2013

M/s Kapoor audio Visuals

Hotel Ashoka

114

16.03.2013

M/s Evam Chennai

Alliance Française

115

21.03.2013

M/s J Davis Pro Sound

Hotel Taj West End

116

22.03.2013

Mr. Sudhir Selvaraj

Alliance Française

117

23.03.2013

M/s Bangalore Little Theatre

Chowdiah Memorial Hall

118

25.03.2013

M/s Prolytes - Mr.Kumar

Hotel Park Plaza

119

31.03.2013

M/s Evam, Chennai

Alliance Française

D. REFLECTION
It is a matter of pride for Attakkalari that as pioneers of contemporary dance in
Bangalore, the organization has been largely responsible for sensitizing audiences tothis genre of dance and building a support base in the local environment that it
operates in. Today there are numerous Dance studios and smaller dance companies
thereby creating employment opportunities and helping build an economy for dance.
Facets 2012 is a testimony to Attakkalari’s reputation and standing with 180 young
choreographers from across the globe sending in applications. On the other hand asimilar call for young choreographers by a Chennai based platform received only 10 –15 applicants and of those more than 70 per cent including the winning choreographer
had all at one time or another trained at Attakkalari.
The Diploma again has inspired other professional Contemporary dance training
opportunities and there are now courses available in other cities like Delhi, Kolkatta andMumbai though none of the courses on offer is really on par with Attakkalari’s Diploma.
As pioneers in the field Attakkalari’s excellent network in the field both within the
country and abroad ensures a steady stream of visiting faculty who are able to share
their expertise to enrich the programme.
Community dance classes allow non-professional dance enthusiasts a chance to learncontemporary dance on an ongoing basis.
However despite all our efforts the organization impeccable track record, Attakkalarihasn’t yet been able to secure land and construct a suitable campus for its numerous
activities. To ensure stability and sustainable growth this is imperative. Also in theabsence of institutional funding it is becoming increasingly difficult to run a large
repertory and all our activities so vital to increase and strengthen the scope ofContemporary movement activities.

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E. MONITORING PERFORMANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL QUALITY
The process for admission for Attakkalari’s Diploma in Movement Arts & Mixed Media is
via an audition and since the programmes inception in 2006, the criteria for selection
has become more stringent. The growing demand for the course from students acrossIndia and the experience gained by Attakkalari over the years in delivering this uniquecourse has helped us to streamline procedures. The curriculum is physically demanding
and students who are not prepared are prone to injury and also mentally unable tocope with the course. The timetable has also been revised so the tempo of the classes
builds up over the course of the day beginning in the morning with 1.5 hours of warm
up. Students of the course are assessed on an ongoing basis by their faculty andgraded accordingly. At the end of the course at their graduation they are awarded
certificates and based on their aptitude, attitude and performance are graded with oneof the following: Distinction, Honours, Merit and Pass
Graduates of the diploma programme also apply for admission to join the Attakkalari
Repertory and again selection is based on their aptitude and attitude over the year ofthe diploma. As an ongoing process the members of the repertory go through aperformance appraisal every six months. This process is based on a number of
performance indicators and guidelines.
The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme aims to integrate
movement, medium and material, and provide tools for continuing growth andeducation to the repertory dancers. Within this program we have a number ofInternational faculty members that work with the repertory and they also give theirevaluation of the members. We also give our member a self evaluation form whichhelps the organization in getting feed back as well as fill in areas of weakness.
As part of the Administration Manual of Systems, Polices and Procedures, Attakkalariintroduced the following policies:
1. Procurement policy.
2. Investment policy.
3. Policy for prevention of sexual harassment
Manuals for the Accounts and Finance Department as well the HR department were also
revised and a new check list and report format for Internal Audit was set in place. The
Accounts and Finance Department also introduced a new system for Invoicing andPayment Tracking for TransMedia Technologies to ensure timely follow-up proceduresfor Receivables.

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ATTAKKALARI PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS
39/3525, KAUSTHUBHAM, MANIKKATH ROAD, RAVIPURAM, KOCHI - 682 015
BRANCH : ATTAKKALARI CENTRE FOR MOVEMENT ARTS, WILSON GARDEN, BANGALOREINCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31-03-2013
EXPENDITURE

Sch.

Rs.

Ps.

INCOME

Grants Received

Expenses for Ford Foundation Grant:

6585131.37

Expenses for Attakkalari Biennial Festival:

15400430.33 Government Grant

Technical Hire Charges

42708065.00

Expenses for Events / workshops

51859637.47

Expenses for Education Cell

61387005.00

Salary and Fees

74059686.00

Transfer to Revolving Fund81108423.00

Studio Rents & Accomodation

91188769.00

Publicity & Advertisement Cost

10

194241.00

Communication/Maintenance / Admin Expenses

112069523.96

Total Expenditure

Sch.

Donations/Sponserships/Performances/ Bank Interest

Depreciation for the year

647042.00-1392614.83

35815339.30

112474061.43

22259788.00

321081489.87

35815339.30

By Excess of Income over expenditure b/d

To Surplus Transferred to:559836.00-1862474.76-1302638.76-1392614.83

By Deficit Transferred to:

FCRA General Funds
To Balance Transferred to Balance SheetPs.

36560912.13

Excess of Income over Expenditure

SRTT Grant

Rs.

89976.07-1302638.76

As per our Report of even dateCochin -35
26-06-2013

sd/Sebastian & Paulose
Chartered Accountants(FRNo. 005331S)ATTAKKALARI PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS
39/3525, KAUSTHUBHAM, MANIKKATH ROAD, RAVIPURAM, KOCHI - 682 015
BRANCH : ATTAKKALARI CENTRE FOR MOVEMENT ARTS, WILSON GARDEN, BANGALORECONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS AS AT 31-3-2013
LIABILITIES

Rs.

Ps.

ASSETS

Rs.

Ps.

Capital Fund

169312479.66

Fixed Assets

123717901.63

Unspent Grants

17

1890026.82

Deposits & Investments

1328677272.00

Corpus Fund18

23531274.00

Current Assets, Loans & Advances

14

6884006.65

Provision & Payables

195136101.00

Bank Balances & Cash

15590701.20

39869881.48

39869881.48

As per our Report of even dateCochin -35
26-06-2013

SD/Sebastian & Paulose
Chartered Accountants(FRNo. 005331S)